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初めて

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
初
はじ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
始めて
甫めて (rare)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

初(はじ)めて • (hajimete) 

  1. for the first time, first
    彼(かれ)は初(はじ)めてアメリカに来(き)た。
    Kare wa hajimete Amerika ni kita.
    He came to America for the first time.
  2. reaching a state after a certain experience; at last, finally
    親(おや)が死(し)んで、初(はじ)めてそのありがたさがわかった。
    Oya ga shinde, hajimete sono arigatasa ga wakatta.
    Only after my parents died did I realize how grateful I was.

Adverb edit

初(はず)めて • (hazumete) 

  1. (dialectal) for the first time
    • 1984 February 15, Motoka Murakami, “修(しゅ)羅(ら)の涙(なみだ)、六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の涙(なみだ)の巻(まき)”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) (六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん)), volume 13 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 54:
      勝(か)った……はずめて修(しゅ)羅(ら)に勝(か)った！
      Katta…… hazumete Shura ni katta!
      Ah’ve done it… Ah’ve finally beaten Shura!
      (literally, “I’ve won… I’ve won over Shura for the first time!”)

Related terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
初
そ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

初(そ)めて • (somete) 

  1. conjunctive of 初める

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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